What to do when you are required to bring a dish representing your culture to International Student Night and you are 1. lazy, 2. not sure which culture you want to represent, and 3. still wanting to wow everyone with your culinary capabilities?
Make Rainbow Fried Rice! A.K.A. Asian American Fried Rice.
3 tbsp cooking oil, partitioned (I use either olive or canola)
4 eggs, beaten
1/4 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 -5 chinese sausages, sliced
6 cups cooked rice (please don't use Uncle Ben's. I use either Japanese or Thai rice.), fluffed
1 tbsp Asian dried mini shrimps, ground in a food processor
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp mirin
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp blackpepper
1/2 cup frozen corn
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 carrot, shredded
1 tbsp sacha sauce
In a wok, scrabmble the eggs in a little less than 1 tbsp oil until almost done, but still soft. Put into a bowl and put aside. Put rest of oil in wok, and add onions. Stir-fry until lightly browning. Add garlic and sausages, and stir-fry until lightly browing. Then add rice and stir fry, making sure the grains don't clump together. Add the next seven ingredients and stir fry. Taste the mixture and add more of whatever you want until it fits your taste. I personnally like to load on the black pepper and sugar. Then add the next four ingredients and stir fry until all cooked. Add the scrambled eggs, and mix together.
That's all! If you like, you can throw in a handful of chopped cilantro or chopped chives at the end too. Makes it extra yummy. You can also substitute some curry powder for the sacha sauce, or go without it completely.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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2 comments:
Kinda wierd seeing fried rice discussed in recipe format.
Also, as every good Chinese guy knows, the secret to fried rice is to use day-old cooked rice.
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